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12:26 AM

Eeergh

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He is going to be stuck forever

6:27 AM

It really can't be overstated how damning this piece is even with its attempts at even-handedness. From the credits thing to marking less-than-60 hours as "UNDER" to denying cellphone access to the emphasis on butt-in-seat time, it's a dour picture. https://kotaku.com/inside-rockstar-games-culture-of-crunch-1829936466

Tweeted by Campster on October 23, 2018 at 7:52 PM

In what way is this not profoundly petty bullshit that obscures god knows how many peoples labor that may well end up in the final game for the sin of leaving for literally any reason!?

Tweeted by Campster on October 23, 2018 at 8:23 PM in reply to Campster

jeez

7 hours later…

1:09 PM

Clorox is now using data from smart health devices to better target ads

1:51 PM

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

'Explosive device' sent to Clintons and Obama - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45969100

1 hour later…

3:11 PM

Doug Ford government cancels funding for post-secondary campus expansions in Brampton, Milton, Markham

> “Doug Ford’s decision to rip opportunity away from thousands of students is callous, and is a major blow to job creation and economic activity … Students need more opportunity to build their best life here in Ontario, not less,” [Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath] said in a written statement Tuesday evening.

Latest from CNN's @brianstelter citing a Warner Media source: The package was received at 9:30 in the mailroom. Warner Media doesn't know who it was addressed to. There's no info on the sender. It "appeared to be a pipe bomb" and "similar" to the device "sent to the Clintons."

Tweeted by KFILE on October 24, 2018 at 3:17 PM

Also bombs sent to Obama and the Clintons

Oh, @Wipqozn inb4ed me on the second part

NEW: @AaronKatersky reports a suspicious explosive device addressed to @NYGovCuomo.

Tweeted by NewsRadio930 on October 24, 2018 at 3:05 PM

I mean I feel like any explosive device would be suspicious but jfc

I'd like to point out that not only is this unhinged, but it's also mad disrespectful towards postal workers. How do you know your trigger is working as intended? Some person just doing their job could get killed instead of your target

@Wipqozn But y'know, both sides are the same

#BREAKING: Police confirm they are investigating a suspicious package sent to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Sunrise, Florida. We are working to learn more details now. https://www.facebook.com/WFLAGayleG/videos/314041362742342/

Tweeted by WFLAGayleG on October 24, 2018 at 3:20 PM

Hotel California played at the Ritz Hotel, Riyadh...”'Relax' said the night man, 'We are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave!'” #FII2018 https://t.co/L3H3BLP5Gd

Tweeted by tasneemalsultan on October 23, 2018 at 7:42 PM

:|

The Trump-appointed leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to defang landmark rules that protect consumers from predatory payday loans, but they're having trouble finding employees willing "to do things that harm people." https://www.bna.com/cfpb-expected-cut-n57982093184/

Tweeted by deepakguptalaw on October 24, 2018 at 2:33 PM

Wolf Blitzer reports the device sent to CNN's office's in NY was specifically addressed to former CIA director John Brennan. Brennan is an MSNBC contributor, not a CNN contributor.

Tweeted by KFILE on October 24, 2018 at 3:30 PM

rubs temples

3:43 PM

wh

what

NEW: Category 5+ Typhoon Yutu with 180 mph winds is set to ravage U.S. Territories of Saipan, Tinian: https://wapo.st/2Jg9q6O

Tweeted by capitalweather on October 24, 2018 at 3:31 PM

4:05 PM

@TimStone Given the amount of strategic planning that went into the Khashoggi murder, I doubt the Saudis have the capability to to conceive of this double-entendre.

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@TimStone worries about their friends in that area

@Yuuki I dunno, this seems like something Saudi Jared could come up with

before you ask which one is saudi jared, all of them.

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@TimStone This is one of those things I think about every time someone sends something awful through the mail

@SaintWacko Yup. Remember all those times leftists ran people over with cars?

Good news everyone there are already plenty of blue checks on Twitter talking about how, since none of those people open their own mail, this was clearly a stunt by the left

Glad we're a healthy society

4:16 PM

yeah you're going to see all of the range of takes today

"this is a false flag", "this is good"

"bot hsides do violence"

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@TimStone How does that even

@Ash Easy. Start with conclusion, arrange data points around it even if that doesn't make sense.

@Yuuki Ah counterpoint tho

*wait for it* MBS jokes about Hariri, saying to the crowd that the Lebanese leader will be in Riyadh for two days so please do not start a rumour that he has been “kidnapped” #FII2018

Tweeted by AnjliRaval on October 24, 2018 at 3:23 PM

As @Unionhawk said, all the hallmarks of Saudi Jareds

@Ash Yeah, it's not good. Fingers crossed :(

@TimStone wew projection

Statement on suspicious packages:

Tweeted by PressSec on October 24, 2018 at 3:25 PM

You gotta hand it to Sarah Sanders for just completely phoning this one in

Literally, with her phone, using the Notes app

4:21 PM

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@TimStone It's true though, every single person in charge of the saudi government is some shitty rich kid 30 year old who hasn't done anything and is now just in charge of shit, so they do stuff like hire 18 guys to do an assassination

I mean it does make a lot of sense

In turkey

What doesn't make a lot of sense is why my coffee tastes weird

Where erdo just goes "guys this is just sloppy craftsmanship"

4:22 PM

I agree wholeheartedly! https://twitter.com/vp/status/1055115436361166849

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on October 24, 2018 at 4:04 PM

This is just art at this point

lmao

We're all going to die, but it's art

like at least hire someone to copy paste that my man

Republicans rank Amazon #3 institution they have faith in, behind military and cops! https://twitter.com/MattBruenig/status/1055120987778244608

Tweeted by timkmak on October 24, 2018 at 4:22 PM

Once again proving that the quote tweet was a mistake

4:24 PM

(the quoted tweet is saying Dems rank Amazon #1, to save a click-thru)

(especially because Matt's an ass, but I digress)

jesus that list

imagine having more faith in nonprofits than organized labor

Anyway, so this is both why I really wanted Trump to attack Amazon and why Bezos will soon be our Prime ~~Minister~~ Daddy

sdf

also true IMAGINE HAVING MORE FAITH IN AMAZON THAN ORGANIZED LABOR

@Unionhawk tbh it makes sense

Like if you consider media portrayals and don't care about the reality of anything

Which most people do

err or don't, whatever makes that scan

christ we have a lot of work to do

4:27 PM

Amazon says it'll get you a package in two days and even though that's not even their part of the operation it happens!

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@TimStone I was just about to say that

@TimStone This is just unreasonable

Hmm?

I wonder if perhaps changing that perception is another important task just as building these things

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(They've started getting things to me ON THE WEEKEND. Which...freaks me out, as much as I am like "oh hey my things are here that's cool")

4:27 PM

that was a subtweet of someone not here, sorry

Nonprofits have a lot of bad stuff happen in them but we don't like to talk about it because charity is good, meanwhile you always hear about the corrupt union bosses and links to the mob and whatever

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@Unionhawk building what things?

@Ash the actual physical structures of organized labor

etc

It's not like some grand conspiracy or anything it's just how stuff is framed, if you don't look into anything further because it doesn't matter much to you then it's whatever

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@Unionhawk such as?

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4:29 PM

(Sorry, you're speaking so vaguely that I have trouble following)

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@TimStone I suspect part of the trust is "how often have I interacted with this thing and gotten a positive result" which would explain Amazon ranking so high

Yep, I'd say so too

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Although, I have questions about how they selected their 20 things

@TimStone You're making as though the only reason for people to not do their own research about things is some kind of disconnect from reality

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Because you have like Amazon, FB, Google, and then a separate "major companies" thing

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4:30 PM

So it's a really strange grouping

@Ash labor unions, tenants associations, things of that nature

I'm sorry, everything has been really dumb lately

@murgatroid99 I meant it more that none of this stuff is of particular direct relevance to most people so understanding further isn't something they have any reason to do

Or at least perceived relevance, you could argue that these things do have a very real impact on their lives in less obvious ways

@TimStone But you're portraying "caring about the reality of things" as being the opposite of learning about things based on the most common source of information people have access to, the media

I think you're reading too much into my rambling wording :P

The basic point was that it was unsurprising that people would view those institutions in a particular way based on their common interactions with them, and nothing much beyond that

This is a bit worrying, especially in the context of what happened in Boston.

4:50 PM

Urgh, hopefully not anything that reckless

This photo obtained by @ABC and confirmed by two law enforcement sources shows the device recovered from @CNN by the NYPD bomb squad.

Tweeted by GioBenitez on October 24, 2018 at 4:44 PM

Oh come on, they didn't get his place of work or his name right

I feel like if you hate someone enough to try and kill them you should at least have invested enough thought into it to know their basic information. But, I'm also not the kind of person who would try to mail a bomb to kill someone so maybe there's a disconnect :|

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I love people in the replies going "so he used a printer to print the address, lets trace that back to whatever printer printed it"

I'm wondering if the bombs were actually functional. With that many, I would have expected that at least some explode before they're discovered

@Ash if it's a color laser printer, that actually works

@Ash Yeah on the one hand you'd think they'd avoid being Reality Winnered but on the other hand they can't spell Brennan's name so idk

@MadScientist Yeah, supposedly there's another one addressed to former AG Holder?

Quite a few devices

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@TimStone yeah, I guess I'm expecting a little much.

As an aside I was reminded earlier that they never figured out who sent the anthrax in 2001?

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4:56 PM

@TimStone Huh, I didn't know that

Right? Like you'd think surely they would have caught the person, just from the "I bet a lot of resources were dedicated" perspective

But if you're very careful I assume with this kind of thing it's pretty hard to track down

Though in this case since the bombs involve physical components possibly a bit easier, I guess we'll see

@TimStone Ahh, the Debbie Wasserman-Schultz package was sent to Holder but incorrectly addressed and she was the fake return address, apparently?

So it got returned to "sender"

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BREAKING: New York City police commissioner says package sent to CNN contained a live explosive and envelope with white powder.

Tweeted by AP on October 24, 2018 at 4:56 PM

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So I guess that answers the "was it actually functional" part?

5:11 PM

@Unionhawk Meghan McCain out here with the Schumer Special "Ah actually this is the same as Republicans being heckled at restaurants"

Rush Limbaugh now agreeing with callers that the bombs sent to Clinton, Obama, CNN, and Holder was a false flag organized by Democrats.

Tweeted by justinbaragona on October 24, 2018 at 5:05 PM

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@TimStone oh that reminds me hang on

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I do not know who put this up, but it exists

I'm more interested in the crocodile down the road

(I mean, technically workers with the billboard company put that up, but)

@TimStone I think that might be newport aquarium but I'm not sure

that would make the most technical sense

I was going to blow off a meeting that would have taken me in this direction today but now I feel like I can't

Now there's a legacy

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5:28 PM

@TimStone great

Really no line some of these folk won't cross

@TimStone my only surprise is that rush didn't come up with it before the callers

we are recieving word that the official Federalist line is "an explosive device!=a bomb"

Lawrence Krauss will retire from ASU at the end of the academic year after an investigation into multiple incidents of sexual harassment. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/lawrence-krauss-retires-arizona-state-settlement Some reactions and more info: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/lawrence-krauss-sexual-harassment-report

Tweeted by BadAstronomer on October 23, 2018 at 7:27 PM

krauss needs to retire into the sea

5:46 PM

SIX. A suspicious package intercepted by Capitol Hill police was addressed to Democratic California congresswoman Maxine Waters, according to three sources. @tarapalmeri @JoshMargolin https://twitter.com/mlevinereports/status/1055139933726359554

Tweeted by MLevineReports on October 24, 2018 at 5:40 PM

@TimStone Qanon has been busy

Trump is just saying Maxine Waters's name repeatedly. "Low-IQ individual. She's low-IQ," he repeats. Again, he does not talk about any member of Congress this way other than an outspoken Black woman.

Tweeted by ddale8 on October 23, 2018 at 12:30 AM in reply to ddale8

(from 2 days ago)

You'll be happy to know he has a rally tonight he has no plans of cancelling

@TimStone i remember back when i thought mccain singing "bomb iran" to the tune of barbara ann was poor judgement in a presidential candidate

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well that solves it right there

5:52 PM

I'll just do the image, misspelling Florida is one thing

that means its a false flag

But the FROM: is just

I don't even know what to do with that

FROM: antifa

dang you caught us

look it must come from canada since it's missing an eh

Zing

5:52 PM

that's totally a thing that you do when you send bombs in the mail

use your own address as the return address

It's like someone wasn't sure how mail works but they know how Christmas presents do

because otherwise that's probably mail fraud

can't go committing crimes

@Unionhawk FROM: sntifs

A love story in three tweets.

Tweeted by publicroad on October 24, 2018 at 4:39 PM

lol that's wild

@TimStone i mean after the water on the floor thing, does anything surprise you about this?

5:56 PM

One occurrence doesn't imply a pattern necessarily but it's such a weird word to capitalize to begin with, just amazing

@GodEmperorDune As little as I'm surprised about this:

UPDATE: The TRUMP campaign tells me that @POTUS is NOT going to donate any of his own $ to his campaign, despite emailing donors asking them to "make a contribution of $5 … & I will MATCH it dollar-for-dollar." Apparently that refers to him transferring DONOR $ to the RNC.

Tweeted by kenvogel on October 24, 2018 at 2:48 PM in reply to kenvogel

@TimStone lol classic trump

Law enforcement sources tell @ShimonPro the package sent to CNN was delivered by courier, not mailed.

Tweeted by khinman on October 24, 2018 at 5:59 PM

uhhhh this should be even easier to track then?

Just so we're 100% here though they had a courier deliver them but put a return address and stamps on the package?

I'm beginning to think we'll definitely catch this person

@TimStone lol, people thought trump would give away his own money?

@TimStone narrator: jared thought it was a foolproof plan to get his buddy mister bone saw out of the news

I swear, if it turns out that one of the Trump kids sent it...

I'm gonna get friction burns from all the temple rubbing I'll be doing.

6:07 PM

@Yuuki just reinforce it with @TimStone's patented vein enhancer

lmfao oh come on

An NYPD official says the “suspicious package” at Cuomo’s office was in fact just an informational package containing literature, per @soniamoghe. https://twitter.com/eorden/status/1055143538764189696

Tweeted by eorden on October 24, 2018 at 6:01 PM

per who?

@TimStone cuomo won the primary, why is he still trying to go to the left?

kentucky cops go to house and offer to fight man that complains about traffic stop on facebook, according to lawsuit

mobile chat what u doin

UPDATE: We now have the 2018 inspection report for the Wanaque facility where seven kids have died from a viral outbreak. Shows instances of unsanitary practices that could lead to the spread of infection. Embedded in story here: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2018/10/24/wanaque-facility-where-six-children-died-has-been-cited-deficiencies-nj-inspectors-adenovirus/1742679002/ … via @northjersey

Tweeted by NewsFallon on October 24, 2018 at 4:43 PM

germ theory is real folks

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6:23 PM

@GodEmperorDune you mean Lister was right all along? I am SHOCKED< i tell you.

@Ash i mean this facility was extremely poorly run in many other ways too

but yes

I had missed what @PeterAlexander points out: the President did not note in his remarks that a suspected pipe bomb was also sent to CNN, not just current and former senior government officials.

Tweeted by Philip_Elliott on October 24, 2018 at 6:28 PM

> Tennessee doctor borrowed $300K from a patient, then diagnosed her with dementia

> According to the doctor at least, her and the patient are long time friends outside of work and she borrowed the money 20 years ago and had been making payments on it every year since. 2 years ago she diagnosed the patient with dementia and feels that the patient is angry with the diagnosis and is taking it out on her.

@GodEmperorDune I mean technically it was sent to a former senior government official at CNN, except not because that's not where he works

So kind of a toss up

But he doesn't care either way so meh

Chuck Schumer Relieved He’s Never Taken Stance Meaningful Enough To Have Someone Mail Him Explosive https://trib.al/kIsV4EX

Tweeted by TheOnion on October 24, 2018 at 6:16 PM

satire from the onion

6:40 PM

@GodEmperorDune "I'm sure I did something to deserve this explosive." - Chuck Schumer, probably

6:53 PM

@GodEmperorDune It hurts how true this is

7:04 PM

@TimStone we are, uh, starting to form bipartisan consensus on this

🤔

@TimStone Exactly what I said on a different Discord.

Mrs Trump stops her husband from heading out of the East Room, reminding him he needed to sign the opioid treatment and prevention bill.

Tweeted by markknoller on October 24, 2018 at 6:56 PM

If you're keeping count at home this has happened what, at least five times? Possibly more I didn't pay attention to

wow this bill seems... good actually

unless, nope

wrong one I think

Flushmate is recalling 1.4 million toilet flushing systems because the units can explode, according to CPSC. https://abc7ne.ws/2OJqgAW

Tweeted by abc7newsbayarea on October 24, 2018 at 7:02 PM

7:17 PM

last action I see on that (H.R. 993) is referral to subcommittee

@TimStone wut

@GodEmperorDune The manufacturers did a shitty job with these.

They're pressurized flush assists that apparently can have a valve rupture that shoot the lid off and reks you

Someone had to get foot surgery, over $700k in reported property damage from the combined events

From a toilet

Amazing

@TimStone That would piss me off.

lol

7:20 PM

@TimStone When you go to drop a log but the damages are akin to an actual tree coming through your house.

@puzzlepiece87 quality really went down the tubes

here we go, H.R. 6

this is so long

why

are you serious

I feel like if you get into sub-titles that "may be cited as such and such act", you probably should start splitting these things up jesus christ

I'm sure this bill is some variety of "fund treatment, but also the cops", but it's mostly just a billion pages long

compared to the version that I could classify as Good above, which was maybe 2 pages of "directing HHS and FDA to do stuff like encourage states to establish prescribing guidelines, look at making nalaxone an OTC, and things of that nature"

@TimStone Are you telling me that it's possible for the shit to hit the fan?

@Yuuki This situation is execrable.

I'm sure this company is wishing they could wipe the slate clean right now.

I'm sure the class action claims will be rolling in.

@Unionhawk "if you have any opiods in your house, cops can confiscate everything"

7:33 PM

Everyone hopes their new products will make a splash, but...

A student at the school said that many girls are (completely understandably) horrified by the prospect of being monitored (by face surveillance technology) throughout the school day https://www.biometricupdate.com/201808/australian-schools-testing-facial-recognition-for-attendance

Tweeted by ClareAngelyn on October 24, 2018 at 7:22 PM

@TimStone yeah wtf is this

The fuck is this? Are they in the seats or not? gtfo of here with this trash

this will just make things easier for air travelers

wait double checks hang on

God damnit tech

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7:34 PM

@TimStone That's fucking terrifying

@TimStone linking funding to school attendance was a mistake

also how long does it take to do attendance?

this system seems expensive for saving like 5-10 minutes a day

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I guess like...if you do attendance in morning, kid disappears mid day, maybe?

@Ash in the US, its one of the morning classes that counts for the funding, after that they don't really care

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@GodEmperorDune Right, but this isn't in teh US, and I can see it framed as "this way we don't lose your kids"

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Because if we can do facial rec, we always know they're in the school

7:46 PM

@Ash yeah i think the bigger issue is why they need to know that the kids are in school

maybe fix the education system so that kids want to be there

(and make it a productive use of their time)

but anyway, back to murica

ACLU: judge issues temporary restraining order blocking election officials in Georgia from throwing out absentee ballots or applications for signature mismatch without giving the voter an opportunity to contest the determination and confirm identity. https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/order-granting-temporary-restraining-order

Tweeted by jaketapper on October 24, 2018 at 6:31 PM

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georgia is where the republican candidate for gov was doing shenanigans with voter suppression in his current role as secreatry of state

many thanks to the amazon employees who spoke with me yesterday. here's my piece on some of the internal response to reports that amazon has continued talks with ICE about using its facial-recognition surveillance tech http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/10/theyre-playing-both-sides-bezoss-flirtation-with-ice-appalls-amazon-employees

Tweeted by mekosoff on October 24, 2018 at 3:44 PM in reply to mekosoff

@GodEmperorDune Isn't Georgia also the state where they were told to preserve the electronic voting records by a judge and then went "Ah yeah we deleted them anyway?"

@GodEmperorDune this industry needs to organize so bad but I have no idea where to start, it's such a massive job

@TimStone that sounds familiar but i don't remember where it was specifically

@Unionhawk now we know why GOP trusts amazon #3

@GodEmperorDune Yeah, it was Georgia, but they did it after the case was filed not specifically after being ordered to retain them I guess

Like, legally they should have kept them regardless but 🤷

@GodEmperorDune And why Dems trust it #1, because they don't actually care about the issue

(if I interpreted @TimStone 's comments earlier correctly)

7:58 PM

@GodEmperorDune like part of me just thinks we're fucked because this really should have occurred in the 90s and 00s but like

on the other hand

where do we go from here though

@Unionhawk had the bubble not popped, it probably would have

@Unionhawk piece by piece

@Unionhawk Into the cold embrace of Swole Bezos

The sheer scale of even a somewhere-near-the-bottom-of-the-fortune-500 company, it's just, man

If Wisconsin can effectively sell itself to Foxconn then corporate takeover America is just a race to be first. The ultimate vertical!

I'm mostly joking, but only mostly 🤔

i guess our only hope is that REI buys us instead of amazon

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8:05 PM

@GodEmperorDune so that parents don't go "you lost my child"?

@Ash these are grade 11s, i think they can manage themselves by then

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@GodEmperorDune Theoretically, sure, but explain that to helicopter parents :P (I don't agree with it, I am just throwing out theoretical reasons people might think this stupid thing is good)

@Ash helicopter parents can go in the sea and the system should not encourage it

but yeah i see your point

some quick googling and apparently "year 11" in australia is equivalent to grade 10 in us/canada

Hey good news!

> In a statement from the mayor on Tuesday, issued in both English and Spanish, the city said that it would provide free, door-to-door transportation from home to the polling place, for anyone who called to schedule it. (Lyft announced a similar commitment.) The mayor’s statement also detailed all the early-voting hours and absentee-voting provisions that were still available.

Leadership at Teamsters Local 89 in Louisville, KY is calling for a second vote on the proposed contract with UPS Small Package, which was voted down 54-46, but is being ratified due to low turnout

8:19 PM

James Fallows: A Voting Rights Showdown in Dodge City

> Like similar efforts in other states to make voting harder rather than easier (let alone mandatory, as it is in Australia), this seemed calculated to depress turnout from city voters who were lower-income, more likely to be on the job for long hours, and less likely to vote Republican. What was going on? How did this fit the view of Dodge City we had presented?

(the thresholds are weird and imo backwards, if less than 50% of members vote, ratification must occur unless more than 66% of those voting vote no)

> First, this was a county rather than a city move—a decision from the authorities in Ford County, of which Dodge City is the county seat and population center, rather than from the city authorities like those we had interviewed during our visits.

Tribal officials are working extremely hard to make sure every member gets an address assigned and has the necessary ID. I'll be writing plenty about that in my article. But it's a huge, logistically hard task. And yesterday, the scope of the problem was driven home for me. 2/

Tweeted by MaggieAstor on October 24, 2018 at 4:49 PM in reply to MaggieAstor

> “Elections are an issue that falls within the jurisdiction of the Ford County Clerk and/or the Secretary of State. The City of Dodge City has no authority over election issues.”

(the contract with UPS Freight did fail though, and management is going back to the table with the negotiating team)

8:20 PM

interesting thread on north dakota tribes trying to get addresses for everyone so they can vote

> But I do know the way the city responded to the latest development, and their response is in keeping with what we heard when we were there.

> We are very proud of our small but growing diverse community. Our citizens are engaged in all facets of our community including commerce, education, recreation, and politics. With that being said, our citizen's accessibility to exercising their most fundamental right of voting is our utmost concern….

@GodEmperorDune Yours is good news too though obviously still a difficult situation. Thanks for sharing.

@puzzlepiece87 ehhhh the thread is more of how it is a logistical nightmare

but yeah people are trying to do the best with the crap that has been flung their way

(and as an aside, how not having addresses means tech based on addresses just doesn't work at all)

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@GodEmperorDune I love that they're doing it, I hate that tehy have to

@Ash Very well said, my feeling exactly.

8:48 PM

You did it PA! @GovernorTomWolf just signed laws to improve DNA testing access for the innocent! Thanks to our champions @RepNesbit @RepMcClinton @SenGreenleaf & all who used your voice to make this happen @innocencepa!

Tweeted by innocence on October 24, 2018 at 5:54 PM

Woo!

We are firmly committed to our role as a leader in providing support and benefits for the transgender and full #LGBTQ community. #WontBeErased #inclusiveIBM. More: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/policy/trans-community-support/.

Tweeted by IBMpolicy on October 23, 2018 at 4:49 PM in reply to IBMpolicy

More good things

(should be bare minimum but corporate bar is extremely low these days)

hire clap more a giant shepherds crook drags me away

@puzzlepiece87 Ted Cruz seems like someone who learned all of his social skills from books written by people who learned all of their social skills from books.

> To respond to the second, re: Al Gore’s look, the connection between physical appearance and political success is significant but mysterious. For this moment’s illustration of the importance and the mystery: the Texas Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke.

This is probably both true and also quite dumb. Ted Cruz is quite unlikable as it is without resorting to anything about his physical appearance!

@Yuuki Hahaha stealth edit there, nice.

Commenting from the future

9:04 PM

@puzzlepiece87 Also, to be fair, if you've seen that one picture of the blobfish, Ted Cruz bears a strong resemblance to a creature whose natural habitat is the deep black abyss of the ocean and upon reaching the surface, their tissue structure almost melts because of the drastic change in pressure.

Sigh, back to bad shit

Breaking: Justice Department tells Supreme Court businesses can discriminate against transgender workers without violating federal law. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/justice-department-says-transgender-discrimination-is-lawful

Tweeted by ChrisOpfer on October 24, 2018 at 8:04 PM

i kinda got a paywall on this but then the paywall didn't load properly on mobile

Actually, that makes a lot of sense regarding Cruz's lack of spine. He needs the strong deep sea underwater pressure for structural stability. And at the surface level, he just collapses into goo.

thread goes into more details

but it is pretty obvious that the employee told the boss that she wanted to transition into wearing femme clothes and boss was like "sorry, you're fired"

@GodEmperorDune Except that they didn't say "sorry".

user15026

I think one of the big problems here is that they keep lumping trans issues as queer issues

user15026

9:09 PM

so they go "BUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION OFFENDS MY RELIGION" which okay fine, you'r garbage, but okay

user15026

but trans-ness isn't sexual orientation

user15026

Like I think this is one of those times where lumping queerness in with transness is actively harming the needs of trans people to be seen as, well, people - because they're conflating orientation with gender/sex and that's bananas

@Yuuki nah boss got into this weird tangent about how he tried to make all the female employees wear a uniform but they didn't agree on one

> There is no question that dressing as a woman would have interrupted business and business transactions. Dress is paramount here.

(from the boss's affidavit)

user15026

@GodEmperorDune ....do they not employ other women? What do they wear?

user image

here is the weird 2nd paragraph on that

protip: don't ever say "you women"

it never ends well

9:20 PM

@GodEmperorDune What do you mean, "you women"?

@Yuuki well that is why i stick to y'all

@Ash it seems the reason for this is much more of a legal one than anything else

tl;dr: the law as currently written bans "sex" discrimination, so if the courts expand that to mean both sex and gender identity discrimination, new laws are not required

so thats why many progressive groups are pushing for this interpretation in the courts

but long term it would be better to put it into law that bans "sex" discrimination and "gender identity" discrimination, it has just been unachievable so far

user15026

@GodEmperorDune oh my god there is so much wrong with all of this

9:35 PM

but lest you think that the trump admin is going to just nuke trans rights and leave LGB rights alone, pretty sure they are planning to nuke trans rights then work on lumping LGB people into the new category of trans people who have no rights

@Ash yeah 100000000000000000000%

company behind Pokémon go is doing a fundraiser for autism speaks, an extremely problematic “charity”

user15026

@GodEmperorDune eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeergh.

@Ash yeah, the tweet got ratioed but i dunno if they will actually listen

Did anyone ever get a follow-up comment from them?

It does seem like a fairly easy mistake even if it was also easy to just, you know, avoid the mistake by researching first >_>

Kind of back to the earlier thing about "Hey it's a charity how bad can it be because charity as an abstract concept is good........ah, I see"

Here is the updated chart of Trump's false claims by week. Look at that right side.

Tweeted by ddale8 on October 24, 2018 at 1:14 PM in reply to ddale8

I mean the man lies like he breathes but he's gotta run out of actual time to be able to fit more lies in at some point

God help us all

Tweeted by maxthegirl on October 24, 2018 at 9:05 PM

Oh FFS

Here is a lawsplainer about the trans rights court fight, for those interested

Lawsplainer: So what, you may ask, is up with the Trump Administration's brief filed today concerning discrimination against transgendered people, getting a lot of press today? It has to do with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. /1 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/justice-department-says-transgender-discrimination-is-lawful?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=lawdesk&utm_campaign=4pm

Tweeted by Popehat on October 24, 2018 at 9:23 PM

@TimStone on my TL it's #MAGABomber trending

I really wish Ashton Kutcher would just stroll out from behind the scenery already and shout "YOU'VE JUST BEEN PUNK'D"

user15026

9:49 PM

@GodEmperorDune oh, they won't, no one listens

NY governor deploys 100 additional National Guard soldiers to transit centers http://hill.cm/hGDwk4q

Tweeted by thehill on October 24, 2018 at 9:49 PM

Good, good, the only way the subway will behave is through force

user15026

(Sorry, this is one of those things where I am so exhausted over it because A$ sucks, but because people assume autism is a death sentence, they support it)

@Ash yeah the ableism is at extreme levels there

user15026

It is super disgusting.

Into the void with them allllll

UPDATE: The lobbyist who tweeted the @GeorgeSoros caravan conspiracy theory is leaving @CampbellSoupCo next month — a decision the co. says was made before the tweet. Nonetheless, they say it was "inconsistent with how Campbell approaches public debate.” https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/campbell-soup-exec-under-fire-soros-migrant-conspiracy-theory-tweet-n923781

Tweeted by kenvogel on October 24, 2018 at 5:43 PM in reply to kenvogel

9:53 PM

Way too many folks don't really understand just how wide the autism spectrum is. The only see the most extreme cases, or more accurately that's the only time they realize someone's autistic.

user15026

@Wipqozn And even if they see the less extreme cases, the moment they hear "autism" without a a pretty little functioning level label stuck on it (let's face it those designations are worthless garbage anyhow) they're like OH YOU ARE BROKEN

user15026

augh.

user15026

sorry

user15026

this is a tender bruised button for me

@GodEmperorDune Ugh, at least Activision/Blizzard (despite their other issues) at least supported an actually good cancer charity (as opposed to maybe Komen).

9:57 PM

@Ash Yeah no worries. Honestly everything about how society views mental health is just fucked.

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